Arceus' Pirate Journey

"Because... because I feel so sorry for them, they can't even protect their own home..."

"Yamato, do you know? Hundreds of years have passed, and those Sky Islanders have regarded that place as their home. What we are doing is like taking away their homes for the current Sky Islanders. Do you understand?"

Yamato's brain capacity seemed to have reached its limit. She originally felt that the Shandians were very pitiful, but after hearing this, it became strange again.

“Even to Wano Country, we are outsiders. Even if we can make life better in that country, we still cannot cover up this nature. The people may not care because they can benefit.

But to those in power, we are invaders, traitors, and enemies.”

"Godfather...I don't understand..."

“You will understand later. Now you have to understand that this is a cruel world. Without power, everything is empty talk. Only the strong can help those they think are weak according to their own preferences.

You said before that you wanted to help us, but now everything you want to do requires strength, so Yamato, you have to learn to become stronger, understand?"

He took this opportunity to start educating Yamato. She was too naive now and might not remember these words, but this trend would gradually affect her.

Before Kaido's training begins, he has to make Yamato want to become stronger.

"I understand. We need to become stronger."

But in the end Arceus decided to help the Shandians take back Arpaiado, but his reason was not as simple as Yamato's, and it was not because he thought they were good people.

First of all, the Shandians did help him keep his things for hundreds of years and kept their promise, and the pressure he just showed also had a significant impact, so this was a little compensation.

On the other hand, it was because he was attracted by the shellfish on Sky Island. The shellfish here have various effects and are widely used in life and weapons. Through shellfish, the Shandia people of these tribal civilizations actually DIYed their own handmade rocket launchers.

These shells have high strategic value. On the one hand, they help the Shandians regain their territory. On the other hand, he plans to plant the flag of the Hundred Beasts here.

The flags are used to deter other foreign pirates. In essence, they will not interfere in the management here. Everything will be left to the Shandian people to manage themselves. They only need to provide some shellfish every once in a while.

Like other affiliated islands recruited by other big pirates, many sovereign countries in the New World are like this. They are autonomous while also receiving protection from other forces.

There are already two forces here, and he doesn't plan to send people to manage this place directly, so choosing one of the two is the best result.

For these reasons he chose the Shandia people, but when Mandfesh raised the matter with the chief, the chief refused.

"Why? Grandpa, we are helping you."

“Little girl, this is our Shandia people’s own business. You are our friends, and we cannot let our friends bleed because of our affairs.

Keeping that thing is the promise of our ancestors. Your wine, food and medicine are enough for us to use, so don't worry about what happened yesterday. After all, it was just a misunderstanding."

He had already decided to lead his people to attack Arpaiado and take back his homeland after the Beasts Pirates left, but he did not want outsiders to get involved.

"Don't worry about the bleeding. If the fighting power of the Sky Islanders is at this level, we will be fine."

At this time, a Shandian warrior walked up to the chief and whispered a few words in his ear, which made his expression change again.

Because he said that at the end of yesterday's banquet, the Shandians and the Beastmen had a friendly competition, and Mandefesh defeated all the warriors here with his bare hands.

"What do you get for this? Do you want Shandora's gold?"

Although Shandia has not developed much, he doesn't think that anyone would fight for others for no reason. Gold is the most direct thing he can think of. If he can take back Arpaiado, things like gold don't matter.

"This is what Lord Arceus meant. It's a reward for you keeping your promise for hundreds of years. We want the Sky Island's specialty shellfish more than gold.

So after we take back Arpaiado, you will have to collect shellfish for us every year, and we can also bring you daily necessities, and at the same time, you must hang our flag at the entrance of the sky island. "

Mandfesh offered his own conditions, which were easy for the Shandians.

“What’s the point of flying the flag?”

"This means that this place is under our protection. If there are still people from Qinghai who come here to cause trouble, just contact us and we will help you drive away those enemies. But don't worry, we won't interfere in your own internal affairs."

"So you want to occupy the entire Sky Island?"

Mandfish was talking about hanging flags at the entrance to the Sky Island, and the chief also noticed this problem.

"You can say that Arpaiado is returned to you, Sky Island is occupied by us, and you manage Sky Island for us."

"Chief, don't hesitate. This is the best chance to take back our homeland. Have you forgotten that our benefactor has suffered injustice for hundreds of years in Qinghai?"

The chief was still thinking, but other war advocates who heard the news could no longer hold back and expressed their willingness to take back their hometown.

The Sky Islanders are the sworn enemies of most Shandia people, so they naturally don’t worry about their fate.

Under the encouragement of his fellow tribesmen, the chief finally accepted the conditions of the Beasts Pirates and mobilized all the adult warriors in the tribe to take back their homeland...

Chapter 199 Anyone Can Call Himself God

"Take back our homeland!"

"Take back our homeland!"

The efficiency of tribal civilization in war mobilization is beyond doubt. Retaking Arpaiado has always been the obsession of the Shandians, although the current chief hopes for peace and can be considered a dove among the Shandians.

But this dove stance is only relative. Taking back Shandora is his bottom line. This is almost an irreconcilable contradiction between the Sky Islanders and the Shandia people. Living at an altitude of ten thousand meters, they have an obsession with the land.

Weapons made by hand using shells from Sky Island, stone spears, simple bows and arrows, and blowpipes, as well as iron products from Qinghai.

The Shandians have a wide variety of weapons, and many pirates have come to Sky Island over the years.

There are also pirate ships that come up from the Top of the West through normal routes. They have fought and traded with those pirates, and this is also the source of those weapons.

The Shandians seemed to be preparing for a last-ditch battle, and all the gunpowder stored in the tribe was brought out.

Gunpowder is a scarce resource on Sky Island. The raw materials for making gunpowder cannot be found here, so the only source is Qinghai. In the case of unstable supply, the less you use, the less you have.

"Yamato, what are you shouting after them?"

"I can't help it... Godfather, so Rolando is really not a liar?"

"Well, he's not a liar. He was really their friend at the beginning, but his behavior was stupid."

The Shandians were mobilizing for the war and didn't pay any attention to them. According to the Shandian customs, speaking ill of Rolando to his face was not a good choice.

"Why?"

"What did he do after returning home in the fairy tale?"

"He brought people from the kingdom to search for the Golden Country, but he found nothing, so he was called a great liar."

“The king sent people here because he coveted the gold here.

If it weren't for the surging ocean current that sent them to the sky island, what do you think would have happened if the Kingdom Army, which wanted gold, encountered these poorly equipped Shandians?

The result will only be a massacre. If he helps his friend, he is betraying the country. If he helps the Kingdom Army, he is backstabbing his friend. What do you think he has gained by doing this?"

An innocent man is guilty of possessing a treasure. The Shandia people have too much gold, and their ability is not enough to protect their own safety. When they are discovered, their end will definitely not be good.

Rolando shouldn't have told this to anyone. He really regarded the Shandians as friends, but he could not deny his naivety.

“So Yamato, if you really regard the other person as a friend, then think carefully about the consequences before doing this, and don’t impose your own good on others.

Maybe Rolando thought that the coming of the kingdom would help the Shandians develop, but once human desires begin, it is difficult to stop. He was wrong from the beginning."

He seized the opportunity to educate Yamato. This age is the time when one's character is established. As long as he pays attention to education, there will be basically no problems in the future.

However, looking at Yamato's confused eyes, he felt that she might not have understood much of what he said.

...

In addition to the old and the young, even the women of the Shandia people took up their weapons. In fact, it was not just this time. Every action they took was a do-or-die battle. Afterwards, they would rest for a while because of the casualties, and then continue to find ways to regain their homes.

They were already familiar with the direction of Arpaiado, and riding on skateboards made of Fengbei, the Shandia people once again set out on the journey to Arpaiado.

The chief also joined the expedition this time, and boarded the Origin with several young tribesmen.

Kodor and Shatila, who were with them at the beginning, are also included. Although the two of them accidentally took the wrong path just now, Kodor is actually the strongest warrior in the tribe now, and he just got married to Shatila.

However, on the Origin, some special things caught the attention of the Shandians.

"Chief, it's Bass, lots of Bass."

Pointing to some green plants on the ship, Kodor showed an envious look. Bass here refers to the soil. The Shandian people who were driven out of their homes could not find other land in the sky island.

The bottom layer of the sea cloud is not mud or sand, but will fall directly down, so the soil that can be seen everywhere in Qinghai is extremely precious here.

"Yes, Bass... where our ancestors lived... If we head in that direction at full speed, we can reach Apaiado in about half a day."

He did not dwell too long in the soil of the potted plants, but continued to point the direction for the Origin. Arceus could rely on his perception of the stone slabs to find the Hidden Cloud Village in Shandia, but he could not find where Sky Island was.

Half a day is the theoretical time, but in fact they need less time, because the people of Sky Island are not fools, they are not completely ignorant of what happened in Baibai Haixing.

The way the Origin entered the country was strange, and the route it took was also different from that of ordinary people, so they did not notice it.

But now the large Shandian army was heading towards Apayardo, and the people of Sky Island naturally discovered all of this.

Although it is called a large army, in fact, there are only about 100 to 200 people scattered around. For nearly 400 years, the Shandia people have had no other tribes to communicate with, and wars have been breaking out all the time, so the number of the tribe has long begun to decrease.

Before reaching Arpaiado, the Sky Island army appeared.

The Wind Shell Skateboard is not exclusive to the Shandian people. They also learned these things from the Sky Island people. Although the tribal system is still relatively primitive, it does not mean that they will not learn from others.

Compared to the miscellaneous equipment of the Shandians, the clothing and weapons of the Sky Island people are more uniform. Except for a few people in the lead, everyone else wears a uniform white robe.

"Those are Sky Island's divine guards. The ones in the lead are their priests. The one riding on the horse is Sky Island's current god, Gan Fowl."

The gods here are not gods in the true sense. Like the generals of Wano Country, they are just the name given to the rulers of Sky Island.

Looking in the direction of the chief's finger, you can see a thin middle-aged man.

He was wearing silver knight armor and had a goatee at the corner of his mouth. Although he did not have a slit in his glasses like Silver Axe, he also wore a thick helmet, and his weapon was a medieval-style lance in his hand.

Yamato was still observing the situation at the firing port of the turret, but her focus was not on Gan Fowle, but on the horse.

"A horse with wings? Do all the horses on Sky Island have wings?"

Unfortunately, because she was observing from the cabin, no one answered her question, and the two little ones beside her didn't know the answer either.

"Master Shengshou, please let me do it. I don't think this person is worthy of the title of God."

Zeraora's shoulders flashed with lightning as he asked Arceus for permission to go into battle.

Chapter 200: The Chief of Dihua

To Zeraora, only Arceus, who created him, could bear the title of God. In his perception, Gan Ful was just an ordinary person who was a little stronger.

So in Zeraora's opinion, Gan Fol is not worthy of the word God.

"Don't be anxious, Zeraola. We are not the protagonists in this battle." He looked at the chieftain on the side. In name, they were helping the Shandians to regain their homes, but they were not the ones who declared war.

At this time, Gan Fowle just happened to be riding his Pegasus over.

Although it is a horse, it is actually just in the general shape of a horse. There is no such creature as Pegasus on Sky Island. This is actually a sky-pointed bird that ate the horse-horse fruit.

The densely packed black circular spots on the pink skin are proof of its race. The black spots are all over its body, even on the back of its wings. These black spots alone can cause psychological discomfort to some people.

"I am Gan Ful, the god here. You are from Shandia and Qinghai. Why are you here?"

"Gan Fowl! Stop talking nonsense. We are here to take back our homeland and return Arpaillado!"

"Kodor, I told you that we can sit down and talk about many things. There is no need to start a war."

"Okay, you Sky Island people, get out of there and return Arpaiodo to us, and we can talk about the rest." As he spoke, he had already raised the DIY rocket launcher on his shoulder, pointing the muzzle in the direction of Gan Ful.

"That's impossible. Arpaiado has been an integral part of Sky Island for hundreds of years."

"Then there's nothing to talk about."

Looking at the situation of the Shandians, Gan Ful prepared for battle.

Although he enjoys fighting, an island manager is responsible for facing his enemies.

In the white sea, soil is a precious thing. It has no fixed value, but it has incomparable significance.

After Shandora was washed up on Sky Island, that island became Arpaiado, the Island of God of Sky Island. It became the place where the managers of Sky Island lived, and ordinary residents of Sky Island were not allowed to enter at will.

Therefore, the conflict between the Shandia people is not a conflict with the entire Sky Island population, but a conflict with the ruling class of Sky Island.

Gan Fowl tried to negotiate with the Shandians, but the fundamental contradictions between the two sides were irreconcilable.

The Shandians wanted these invaders to leave their homes, but the Sky Islanders were unwilling to give up so much land.

In order to break this contradiction, unless a more powerful enemy appears and treats both the Shandians and the Sky Islanders as enemies, their contradictions can only be reconciled under the pressure of external forces.

For example, Eneel and the beasts' military force could also do this, but due to historical factors, the beasts chose the side of the Shandians.

As usual, the negotiations broke down, and Gan Forle thought that what happened next would be no different from before. The two sides fought a fierce battle, and each suffered some casualties and left in disappointment.

But today’s results are different.

Those outsiders from Qinghai ended the battle in a crushing manner. Not to mention the people from Sky Island, even the people from Shandia didn't react.